Wagon-tongue support.



No. 743,185. PATENTED NOV. s, 1903.

W. L. PARK.

WAGON TONGUE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 11, 1903.

NO MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented November 3, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

WAGON-TONGUE SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 743,185, dated November 3, 1903.

Application filed April 11, 1903.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM LODER PARK, yeoman, in the township of Windham, in the county of Norfolk, in the Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, (whose post-office address is Simcoe,) have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wagon-Tongue Supports; and I do hereby declare that the following is a clear and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to spring-supports for wagon-tongues; and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide a spring-support for either light or heavy wagons such that it shall remove the weight of the tongue from the horses neck; second, to afford facilities for holding said tongue in any position from its lowest or ground rest to the perpendicular; third, to provide a simple, durable, and cheap support manufactured from iron and steel and so constructed that it can be attached and detached from a wagon in less than one minute of time without interfering in any manner with the working of the wagon. I attain these'objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, of which the following is an explanation of the same.

Figure 1 is a side view of the device, together with such parts of the old construction as are necessary to show its connections. Fig. 2 shows the independent combination of the several parts of the support. Fig. 3 shows flat View of clasp-hook and side View also, and Fig. 4 the wrench draw-bolt.

Referring to the drawings, in Fig. 1 letter K represents the thin side on edge of reach, around which the staple D passes to form an eye at end to receive flat hook C if not used or attached to king-bolt I.

D is a staple attached to reach with two bolts, one in front of king-bolt, the other behind it, forminga solid staple for flat hook 0.

Serial No. 152,257. (No model.)

0 represents the fiat hook to connect with staple D or king-bolt I to link E. Link E connects flat hook O with staple B in spring at one end, while chain F connects with staple B, passing through spring opposite the one connecting with link E. Chain F then conmeets with clasp-hook A, passing over Wrench draw-bolt H. Next comes wrench draw-bolt H, that holds doubletrees or evener, over which the chain passes to clasp-hook A. Then clasp hook A is attached to tongue I four inches in front of evener, with two bolts passing through clasp-hook A and tongue I from top side, making the attachment complete.

The clasp-hook A is formed with a key-slot opening, wherein the chain may be adjusted, as desired, to hold the tongue at any proper elevation.

The wrench draw-bolt H, over which the chain passes, forms an incline sufficient to hold'tongue I at any angle from perpendicular to its lowest or ground rest. The wrenchhead of the draw-bolt forms a notch to hold the chain in a central position.

I am aware that prior to my invention several of the parts used in the connection thereof were in public use, and therefore I do not claim those as my invention; but

What Idesire to secure by Letters Patent IS- I The combination in a tongue-support of a flat hook C, clevis D, chain F, wrench drawbolt H and clasp-hook A, all substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM LODER PARK.

Witnesses: FRANK REID, ALLINGTON TUPPER BOWLBY. 

